r/canadaguns • u/IntroductionAny3929 • Mar 31 '26

Milsurps / Prohib Norinco QBZ-95/97 Appreciation Post

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Howdy folks!

The Texan is back with yet another gun appreciation post.

Today, we got the Type 97, which for a while was actually popular in Canada, and yes in this one, I did include THE Canadian Flat Top version that was available. I don’t know if you can get them anymore, but these things are actually pretty cool in my opinion.

I know some people will say:

“It’s Chineseum and it sucks!”

I know, still over here in the US I wish we could buy them, but unfortunately we cannot due to how Norinco was banned from importing rifles into the United States, and now we can only get Norinco Shotguns in here. In particular the Hawk Industries Hawk 97/982, which is better known as the H&R 1871 Pardner Pump and Blue Line Solutions BL-18

Anyways if y’all have experience with the Type 97, let me know about it!

Enjoy!

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u/Penguinbotxv Mar 31 '26

Gun is good was forced to buy all 4 iterations. If you're a lefty, as they say in Chinese go adapt. Never jammed on me once, sent cases flying to the shadow realm. 1.5 moa rifle.

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u/GinnAdvent Apr 01 '26

They were really affordable as well, you can get one new for about 1200, and maybe even 1000 dollars during a sale.

Due to the bullpup design, my friend barely felt anything when he shot it.

Only downside is that you need to keep tracing where the shell is landing, lol. Also, hard to reload them as it get mangled during extraction.

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u/Penguinbotxv Apr 01 '26

999 at gotenda or g4c back in the day. But you're 100% correct on everything else.

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u/GinnAdvent Apr 01 '26

Lol, were you refering to the Gen 1s? I didn't get the chance to get them until 2020 or early 2021, and by then, there only gen 3 were available unless get them used for gen 1.

I know there are some gen 2 with keymod, but I chose the Mlok version instead.

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u/Penguinbotxv Apr 01 '26

No all iterations I bought for 999, was told I did get a discount on the gen 2 and 3 though. Regardless current ban is pointless.

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u/GinnAdvent Apr 01 '26

Oh man, lucky you then. I got one for 1200, and then another one for 1k during a sale. Feels like distance memory now, lol.

Let's hope that the OIC can be scrapped down the road. Such waste of money and time.